Lebanon Factory

LEBANON FACTORY

Monday, Dec 4th 2017 I 6 pmTAP Castille

El Gran libano

Mounia Akl and Neto Villalobos, Liban-Costa Rica, 16 min.
When hungover Bassem wakes up by the lake shore among dead fishes, his sister Youmna, who he hasn’t seen for 12 years, is there, with a coffin.

Hotel Al Naim

Shirin Abu Shaqra and Manuel Maria Perrone, Lebanon-Swiss/Italy, 15 min.
The octopus believes that the hand in front of it is a prey, but it doesn’t know that behind every hand, there is an arm…

Salamat From Germany

Una Gunjak and Rami Kodeih , Bosnia-Herzegovina-Lebanon, 16 min.
Desperate to escape Lebanon and settle in Europe, Lillo buys himself a Syrian passport and is ready to appropriate the Syrian identity to obtain asylum. However, what he might not be ready for yet, is everything that comes along with being a Syrian refugee today.

White Noise

Ahmad Ghossein and Lucie La Chimia, Lebanon-France , 17 min.
Saïd is doing his 1st night of duty as a security guard under the bridge in the middle of Beirut. With only a talkie-walkie and a torch, he is trying to take his job seriously. At sunrise, the city will have crush him…

THE FACTORY

Fostered by producer Dominique Welinski since 2013, la Factory aims at helping emerging talents to access the international scene. Each year, this residence allows 4 directors to co-write and co-direct a short film abroad, working in pairs with a director from the host country. This short-film program is then shown on the opening of Cannes Festival Directors’ Fortnight.
This year again, one of the winners will be named in Poitiers! Just like when Lucie La Chimia was spotted in 2015 for the 2017 Lebanon Factory, Dominique Welinski will choose among the selected directors the lucky winner who will travel to Tunisia in 2018 and will be guided through the production of his/her first feature film.